Did he set out to let freedom ring?
Or’d he just want to kill the old king?
While he Commonwealth brought
In the Lands Ire and Scot
Not too many in praise of him sing

Event: Oliver Cromwell is named Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, which, if you ask Oliver Cromwell, is totally not the same thing as being king
Year: 1653
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